Chief Justice posed a specific question to the Writ petitioner about whether the Trust had encroached on any part of the land, the petitioner himself conceded that there were no encroachments over water bodies by the Trust. Recording the same, the Hon’ble first bench refused to grant any reliefs to the petitioner and disposed of the Writ Petition.
[23/04, 18:08] sekarreporter1: Today, the Writ Petition filed by TS Sankaran Advocate, a resident of Thiruvannamalai, seeking to cancel the license granted by AICTE to the Saraswathi Ammal Educational Trust was disposed of by Hon’ble Chief Justice and Hon’ble Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad without granting any reliefs.
This was after the petitioner conceded that there had been no encroachment on the alleged water bodies by Saraswathi Ammal Educational Trust, Thiruvannamalai.
The Trust is running various educational institutions in Thiruvannamalai. The petitioner filed a writ petition claiming that the Trust purchased government lands in 3 survey numbers, which are water bodies, and has constructed colleges. Therefore, he sought to cancel the licenses granted by AICTE to run colleges on these government lands.
Thiru P. Wilson, Senior Advocate appearing for the Trust, submitted before the court that buildings have been constructed on 24.66 acres of private Pattah lands. AICTE has granted approval to run various colleges on these lands. He showed the documents relating to the granting of approval by AICTE. He said the three survey numbers of water bodies, which the petitioner claims, have not been shown in the AICTE application nor the AICTE approval.
He produced documents showing that no government lands have been encroached. He submitted that the writ petitioner has 11 criminal cases against him and has encroached on temple properties. He is making such wild and baseless allegations out of personal animosity. He submitted that the vendor who sold government lands to the Trust in 1993 was booked with criminal cases after discovering the fraud played on them, and sale deeds were cancelled. For those three survey numbers, the Thasildar Thiruvannamalai has given a certificate that there are no encroachments, and the lands are vacant, still being maintained as water bodies.
When the Chief Justice posed a specific question to the Writ petitioner about whether the Trust had encroached on any part of the land, the petitioner himself conceded that there were no encroachments over water bodies by the Trust. Recording the same, the Hon’ble first bench refused to grant any reliefs to the petitioner and disposed of the Writ Petition.
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